An employer rescinded a job offer to Jonathan Pollard over the conditions of his parole.
According to the Jerusalem Post, an unnamed “respected” investment firm officially revoked its offer of a research analyst’s position on Nov. 23, saying the conditions would have interfered with his ability to do the required work.
Attorneys for Pollard, who was freed on Nov. 20 after spending 30 years in a federal prison over spying for Israel, filed an appeal asking that the parole conditions, including wearing an electronic ankle bracelet with GPS tracking and surveillance of his and any employer’s computers, be dropped. The attorneys described the conditions as “unlawful” and said they would make it impossible for Pollard to have a job.
Pollard, 61, is also confined to his New York home between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Eliot Lauer, Pollard’s attorney, said Nov. 22 at a Zionist Organization of America event in New York that the conditions mean Pollard is “still not free,” the Jerusalem Post reported. — jta